Strikezone

For a lot of softball teams, suffering significant graduation losses and having a large number of young players would mean a rebuilding year.

It's been the polar opposite at Torrington High.

The Red Raiders clinched the program's first Naugatuck Valley League Copper Division championship Wednesday afternoon at home with a 6-2 victory over Naugatuck.

"We only have one senior this season and the young girls have really stepped it up," Torrington coach Maryann Musselman said. "I'm thrilled that the young girls are coming through in tough situations. I'm very pleased that they are playing so well despite being only freshmen and sophomores."

Torrington's Brittany Anderson had a home run, a double, a single and three RBI against the Greyhounds.

"We came together as a team, and played very well as a team," Musselman continued. "Defensively, we made the plays we needed to make. We played as a unit and going forward that's exactly how we are going to need to play in both the NVL and state tournaments."

Sophomore flame-thrower Sydney Matzko allowed only five hits while fanning 11 Greyhounds. She also added a double at the plate.

Matzko has struck out 73 batters in her last five games.

Mollie Bartles and Marissa Morris both collected two hits and an RBI for Torrington (17-2), which will conclude the regular season with a home game against Wilby on Friday.

Shannon Searles and Gretchen Hale both had RBI singles for Naugatuck (14-5), which finishes its schedule with a game at Crosby on Friday.

Torrington will likely own the No. 2 seed in the Naugatuck Valley League tournament.

Undefeated Seymour, the state's No. 1-ranked team, will be the top seed for the league tournament.

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